First of all, only one of the Brazilian Girls, is actually a girl. She is the lead singer, Sabina Sciubba, and she is not Brazilian. Fantastic name for a group, nonetheless. As it turns out, Brazilian is about the only thing that Sciubba, is not. Hahahaha. She grew up in Munich and Nice. In addition to French and German, she speaks Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. The cool part is that she regularly incorporates her linguistic skills into Brazilian Girls tracks.
Though the group has been around since the early 2000’s, I have not really been into them for that long. I first heard of them on Slacker.com (a Pandora knock-off), earlier this year. They really only played two of their songs, and honestly, I thought that they were both a little tired.
Recently, at the suggestion of a friend, I dug a little deeper into their catalog and came up pleasantly surprised. As with Sciubba’s linguistics, the group’s sound spans a quite a wide variety of different sounds and genres. There is a little something for everybody. Some of the tracks have very characteristically Latin beats, some are electronica, while others have a ska groove.
The song that I’m sharing today is titled “Internacional,” from the “New York City” Album that was released last year. Give it listen if you have 6:22 to spare.